CSIRO Ag Science Discovery Day

Science Behind Wool, Teacher PD Workshop May 26-27 2006 Evaluation Form

Name: ______School: ______Email: ______Postal address: ______Subjects taught: ______Please rate the following elements of the workshop on a scale of 1 – 5 5 = Excellent, 4 = Above average, 3 = Average, 2 = Needs improvements, 1 = Needs a lot of improvement  Value of demonstrations and experiments for your own classes [ ]  The amount of “hands on” you were able to do in each session . Sheep and wool handling & overview (session 1 Friday) [ ] . Sheep Dog Trial (session 2 Friday) [ ] . Wool (session 3 Friday) [ ] . Pasture management (session 1 Saturday) [ ] . Parasitology (session 2 Saturday) [ ]  What sessions would you have liked to have been more ‘hands on’ ______

______Demonstrations/experiments - ability to replicate in to your classroom (1 yes- 5 no) . Sheep and wool handling & overview (session 1 Friday) [ ] . Sheep Dog Trial (session 2 Friday) [ ] . Wool (session 3 Friday) [ ] . Pasture management (session 1 Saturday) [ ] . Parasitology (session 2 Saturday) [ ]  How the sessions were presented (eg, interesting, educational, interesting presenters, relevance of research) . Sheep and wool handling & overview (session 1 Friday) [ ] Sheep Dog Trial (session 2 Friday) [ ] . Wool (session 3 Friday) [ ] . Pasture management (session 1 Saturday) [ ] . Parasitology (session 2 Saturday) [ ]  Length of the days including breaks [ ]

If low rating, how could this be improved:______

 Was there enough information given by the presenters about the topic they were covering and the experiment you were conducting? Tick or cross (remembering that further info and powerpoint slides are on their way to you) . Sheep and wool handling & overview (session 1 Friday) [ ] . Sheep Dog Trial (session 2 Friday) [ ] . Wool (session 3 Friday) [ ] . Pasture management (session 1 Saturday) [ ]

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What would you consider the best elements of the workshop? Why?

What elements would you suggest could be improved if this workshop were to be run again?

. Do you want to keep a part of this network in the future? Yes / No . Would you be willing to contribute resources to this network post workshop, above and beyond the resources developed as a part of this workshop? Yes / No . How do you propose to share your ideas, resources and learnings from the Science Behind Wool workshop with other staff at your school:

. and other schools in your region:

. Will you require assistance to share these learning outcomes with other staff and other schools? Yes / No If yes, who, what organisation or field of specialty would be most suitable to assist you in your sharing? ______

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. Is there any information, data, charts, background research or resource that you see as lacking in your resource folder that you will need to complete your unit of work or classroom assessment/resource post workshop? . Yes / No If Yes, will you need assistance to source this information or resource?

Yes / No

. Would you be interested in hearing of other science teacher’s professional development workshops that may arise in the future? . Yes / No

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